The National Briefing

Guest: Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Premier of KZN  

Guest: Bheki Mtolo, ANC KZN Secretary The ANC in KwaZulu-Natal has apologised to pupils, parents and stakeholders for “hiccups” associated with the delivery of food to schools as part of the national school nutrition programme. The statement comes after an outcry over non-delivery of food to about 5,400 schools in the province which has put the department in the crosshairs of the education portfol...

Guest: Prof. Thuli Madonsela, professor of law occupying the Law Trust Research Chair in Social Justice at Stellenbosch University Stellenbosch University 'nepotism' saga: Some Alumni and staff reject request to distribute motion of no confidence.    

Guest: Doctor Ngema, the General Secretary of the National Teachers Union The National Teachers Union says the Education Department in KwaZulu-Natal has shown its incompetence in its procurement processes. This over its failure to deliver food items for school feeding schemes when schools reopen after the Easter holidays.  

Guest: Mondli Gungubele, Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies SABC Board: President Cyril Ramaphosa has defended his six-month delay in appointing a new SABC board, saying parliament’s recommendation of three additional candidates had placed him in an invidious position of acting unlawfully had he upheld its recommendations.  

Guest: Ayesha Kajee, African Politics Analyst Guest; Faith Mabera, Senior Researcher at The Institute for Global Dialogue Guest: Alyona Synenko - Regional Spokesperson, Africa, International Committee of the Red Cross: Nairobi, Kenya Mediated Conversation: what’s causing fighting that has erupted in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum?    

Guest: Prof Jean Pitot, Lecturer at UKZN Aerospace Systems Research Institute. Spacex starship world’s biggest rocket set for first flight test.  

Guest: Mametlwe Sebei, President of the General Industries Workers Union of South Africa General Industries Workers Union of South Africa says that the SA Investment conference is an auction of public assets and slave parade for imperialists and monopolies      

Guest: Mvuzo Notyesi, commissioner of the Judicial Service Commission and lawyer T he Judicial Service Commission has held more interviews for positions in our courts - there were no candidates for the positions on the constitutional court - but yesterday judge Mahube Molemela was interviewed for the position of president of the supreme court of appeal    

the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) says South Africa continues to experience load shedding at high levels – and with the threat of worse to come – those tasked with resolving the crisis are not on the same page, Guest: Hugo Pienaar, Chief Economist at the Bureau for Economic Research (BER)  

G uest: Redge Nkosi, Executive Director of Firstsource Money and Public Banking of South Africa. Guest: Lumkile Mondi, senior lecturer at the Wits School of Economics and Business Science. Guest: Siphamandla Zondi, professor of politics and international relations at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Mediated Conversation: Should we do away with dollarization?        

Guest: Rob Rose, Journalist, editor of the Financial Mail The Former CEO of Steinhoff Markus Jooste will now finally appear in court today for his alleged crimes related to the collapse of Steinhoff - but he’s appearing in a court in Germany      

Guest: Michael Louis, Independent Candidate Association Chairperson Independent Candidate Association says that it will approach the courts over President Ramaphosa’s decision to sign into law the unconstitutional Electoral Amendment Bill      

Guest: Terry Tselane, Executive Chairman of the Institute of Election Management Services in Africa Former Vice-Chairperson of the Electoral Commission of SA There was confirmation yesterday that the president Cyril Ramaphosa has now signed the electoral amendment act into law        

Guest: Trevor Manuel, Old Mutual According to the Integrated Report of Old Mutual, SA’s problems are being made worse by a lack of strong political leadership        

Guest: Adv. Sipho Mantula from Thabo Mbeki African School of Public and International: UNISA   Africa Update Report: 18 April 2023; 1. Sudan - Khartoum, Fighting intensifies between the army and the paramilitary Rapid support forces with over 100 civilians reported dead; 2. Senegal-Dakar, The appeal trial for defamation against Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has been postponed to May 8...

Guest: Steven Grudz, Head: African Governance and Diplomacy Programme and the Russia-Africa Project at the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA) In Russia it appears that that country’s leadership is determined to crack down on any protest against its war in Ukraine - yesterday the country’s court system sentenced a critic of the kremlin - Vladimir Kara-Murza to twenty-five year...

  Guest: Hennie Van Vuuren, director of Open Secrets Guest: Eddie Cross, Former Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe Guest: Dr William Mpofu, researcher at the Wits Centre for Diversity Studies, University of the Witwatersrand Guest: Hopewell Chin’ono, Zimbabwean journalist Mediated Conversation: Al Jazeera has broadcast a four party documentary showing how high ranking officials in Zimbabw...

Guest: Layton Beard, Automobile Association (AA) spokesperson The Automobile Association of South Africa says that there has been a horrendous increase in road fatalities over Easter long weekend      

Guest: Bilall Jeewa, Coordinator for Gift of the Givers A fire in Dakota Informal Settlement in Isipingo Beach (eThekwini KZN) broke out over the weekend. Gift of the Givers Foundation team is onsite to offer assistance and support, approximately 300 structures have burnt down. No injuries or deaths reported.        

Guest: Prof. Catharine Esterhuysen, Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Stellenbosch University Scientists identify new benchmark for freezing point for water at -70°C    

Guest: Pappie Mokoena, Mangaung Municipality mayor Pappie Mokoena elected the new Mayor of Mangaung Municipality      

Guest: Justice Edwin Cameron, Head of Judicial Inspectorate for Correctional Services Last week, the Inspecting Judge of Correctional Services - Judge Edwin Cameron said that the Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola had been told of the Thabo Bester escape in October            

Guest: Dr. Sayan Dey, Postdoctoral Fellow, Wits Centre for Diversity Studies In India, some states are again making it mandatory for people to wear facemasks - as the number of covid-19 cases appears to be increasing again        

Guest: Adv. Jan Heunis, Stellenbosch University Convocation executive committee President The Stellenbosch University’s convocation executive committee have called for Vice Chancellor - Professor Wim de Villiers to leave office due to nepotism